The best Amazon Skills and how to use them
Well, not quite. But the If This Then That
(IFTTT) integrationallows the Echo to be connected to a multitude of other applications and web-based technologies. The 'applets' within IFTTT increase the functionality of Alexa and the Echo. For example, the service can be used to 'Ask Alexa to Add Items to iOS Reminders,' 'Keep a Google spreadsheet of the songs you listen to on Alexa' or 'Add your Alexa To-Dos to Evernote'. The options are (almost) limitless.
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